Google has been warning its Chrome browser and Mozilla's Firefox browser from visiting the famous website called The Pirate Bay. The reason cited by Google is that the website may contain malicious software.

The website, ‘The Pirate Bay’ or in short, TPB, may contain malicious software, as warned by Google yet the browsers haven’t blocked it so the users can ignore the warning and enter the website. (Source: Reuters)

Google has been warning its Chrome browser and Mozilla’s Firefox browser from visiting the famous website called The Pirate Bay. The reason cited by Google is that the website may contain malicious software. Instead of blocking users from the access of the homepage of the website, Google shows a warning sign when they try to directly access a torrent file, even though it may or may not have any malware content. Google does not even stop the user to be able to browse the search results of on the website. The website, The Pirate Bay or in short, TPB, may contain malicious software, as warned by Google yet the browsers haven’t blocked it so the users can ignore the warning and enter the website.

The website is a digital content web index, especially for media (cinema and TV shows and many software). Users can share, download and search torrent files and magnet links. This facilitates peer-to-peer sharing of files globally, with users who has the BitTorrent protocol. In simple words, people are able to download movies, games, ebooks, software etc from the website. This move anyway does not work in many places as TPB cannot be accessible in many parts around the world. In countries like the United Kingdom, torrent downloading sites have been blocked by major internet service providers already.

When it comes to the browsers where the warning is being flashed, the words used at the little different from the other. The Google safe browser warning can be ignored by the users but that would mean, putting the computers at risk for potential malware. Some may even argue that the sudden block might be a reason for a bad advertisement. Virus-filled advertisements may be a reason for these error messages since the send malware to the electronic devices. It remains to be seen if Google will correct the issue, of it or if The Pirate bay will get rid of the malware.